Not simply a zombie film...

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2003)

This movie certainly has roots in Romero's and other Zombie type films yet thematically it is much closer to The Beach, by Alex Garland who wrote 28 Days Later as well. This film captures the inner human trigger toward survival and primitivism in the wake of crisis much the way the Book did and the movie The Beach, did not. The ending involves scenes cut from the same bolt of horrofics as Apocalypse Now, complete with a shirtless protagonist in military fatigues stalking a crazed military commander in the rain. The zombie parallels are all cosmetic and this film plays out less as "run and gun" monster chase than it does as a post apocalyptic reflection bearing some similarities to On The Beach, by Nevil Shute. This isn't an action-horror title, it has elements of both to be sure, but the spine of the piece hinges more on a character study of humanity stripped naked, both literally and figuratively, than it does on either scares or thrills. 4 out of 5.